BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 4 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Switzerland: Article 47 of the Banking Act must be amended to include strong public interest protections * Following recent legal developments against journalists reporting on information deemed of public interest but classified under bank secrecy, the European and International Federations of Journalists (EFJ-IFJ) join their Swiss affiliates, impressum and syndicom, in calling for urgent ref  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 4 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Switzerland: Article 47 of the Banking Act must be amended to include strong public interest protections * Following recent legal developments against journalists reporting on information deemed of public interest but classified under bank secrecy, the International and the European Federations of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ) join their Swiss affiliates, Impressum and   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 3 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Zimbabwe: Journalist detained for publishing a satirical column * The editor of the private weekly newspaper Zimbabwe Independent, Faith Zaba, was detained on 1 July in Harare over a satirical column. Zaba was charged with "undermining the authority of the President" on 2 July and remains in custody. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its af  more